One Foot Down: For Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fans

Jude and Brendan ditched Joshua this week to travel to distant lands - but no matter. The OFD Roster is deep, and Matt Greene was plugged into the podcast machine this week to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and college sports in general. In this episode: Notre Dame's recruiting effort in the 2022 and 2023 class - but we ain't touching 2024 right now because we aren't aliens. The Top 5 narrative isn't needed right now, but thank you very much. NIL madness all around the country. It's awesome for all of these athletes, but is it going to be this wild forever? FIND THE LOSS! Jack Coan as the starting quarterback. Our feeling about Notre Dame's biggest question mark - the offensive line. Muffet McGraw's statue. Continuing the conversation on how to honor Brian Kelly when it's all said and done. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back together after a couple of weeks of our very own Jay Leno helping us out (yes, we're talking about Greg). It's still June, and we have some time to kill before we start hammering away at the 2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football season with every ounce of our souls - so this episode is a mixed bag of something. In this episode: REVIEWS! Would you take 10-2 this year if it was guaranteed? Editing skills be damned. We dive into a little recruiting and Joshua gives his stamp of approval on the new commitment of Ashton Craig. Recruiting numbers. There is a "reverse mailbag" of sorts as we ask our own questions to one another. What Notre Dame football game broke you? What's the one away game this year that you want to be at? Who are the top 3 players for the Irish on both sides of the ball? What are a couple of college football programs (other than ND and their opponents) that you will be watching this fall? Top 5 breakfast foods. Joshua makes the case for dining al

Joshua and Brendan are joined by Greg in place of Jude this week - so basically Greg is Jay Leno. There's a lot to talk about with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program, but so much of it is like sifting through sand because there aren't enough definitive answers... and that's where we come in. In this episode: We get rowdy about the college football playoff and Notre Dame's place in it all. We understand the sell job by Notre Dame, but have a harder time understanding why people buy it. Some scenarios are thrown around. CROOTIN! The running back situation. Should Notre Dame still want recruits to visit when one or both have mostly moved on? Finding the 4 receivers. Recruiting a body type at cornerback. The numbers are up. Top 5 Bowls. And much, much more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan and Jude are Joshless this week, but best friend of the pod Greg Flammang (@greg2126) from UHND.com was able to take time out of his busy LA lifestyle to come on the show and talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish - and much more. In this episode: There was a t-shirt twist with The Good Brand, Homefield. Some might say it was SHIRT SHENANIGANS! Greg is here... so of course we're talking about playing Kyle Hamilton both ways. What about these June enrollee freshmen? Who makes a move this fall? Brendan talks about that bastard Bo Shembechler for a minute. The playoff debate. Is this new thing really good for Notre Dame, or is it just a thing for Notre Dame? CROOTIN! Don't trash the players you silly bastards. A shoutout for the Notre Dame baseball team. Girl Scout cookies, kids, and their teeth that are only going to fall out anyways. Underrating Kyle Hamilton. It's a real thing. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be

Joshua sat down for an Off The Rails episode 24 hours after the playoff news surfaced. The cat is out of the bag and the new college football playoff model that includes 12 teams is all but assured moving forward. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will certainly be included in this new format, but for the first time, their access is not on the same level as the other blue blood programs. So let's talk about it. Let's talk about what this is, and more importantly, what it isn't. Basically... do you understand how tournament/playoff systems work? This isn't a hot take machine. Please remember to RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan break out the pod machine for our special time with all of you to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. In this episode: Can you run 21 MPH? Showing Homefield a little more love. REVIEWS! An impromptu pizza debate leaves Jude scarred and broken. The Jarrett Patterson situation. Doing what's best for the player - what's that? The possibility of a 12 team playoff. What would that playoff mean for Notre Dame and its schedule? Brian Kelly and the Hero's Journey. We go through all 12 stages of Joseph Campbell's work on the Hero's Journey with BK as our special journey. Notre Dame baseball heads to Starkville. We thought we were done... but tacked on an extra 15 minutes to go over some Vegas numbers and Bill Connelly's math. Joshua goes full "mayor of NYC in Ghostbusters 2." And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad c

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have traveled back from the year 2029 to bring you great knowledge about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program (and more!). In this episode: Happy Tim Brando Day! Beautiful REVIEWS with poetry and girlfriend approval. Schedule talk - like playing the Michigan Wolverines just 8 more times. We discuss Bill Connelly's 7-5 projection for Notre Dame via the SP+ formula. Math sucks. Defending math instead of watching football also sucks. I didn't come to this podcast to play school. We really try to do "What we think we know about Notre Dame Football in 2021: Part 2 The Defense," but our sidetrack nature took over about a dozen times... so it is what it is. Bo Bauer and Drew White together is the most bro way to go. Mike Elston has his guys humming and a strumming. Build the entire country out of Kyle Hamilton. Clarence Lewis, the prodigy. Akayleb Evans would change the dynamic. What about this Cain Madden kid from Marshall? Mike Frank's state run media prediction.

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in the podcast machine to best college football podcast about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode: Welcome all you truth warriors. Roofing Wars. Stretching out towards the end of COVID. Unnatural praise for Nick Saban. HOMEFIELD APPAREL IS NOW AN OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF ONE FOOT DOWN AND THE OFD PODCAST... and we talk at great length about this. So... Jack Coan. Can he be all the Jack Coan he can be? Notre Dame gets its 2020 starters back to being starters in 2021 at wide receiver. Michael Mayer owns 3rd and 8. The running back room may be the best of the Brian Kelly era with Kyren Williams, Chris Tyree, and Josh's son Audric Estime. We didn't forget about C'Bo Flemister. The Jarrett Patterson situation and playing your best 5 offensive linemen. We fall back into Notre Dame's schedule and what they're up against. We talk about Manti Te'o because Jude is unsatisfied. Summer destinations for families of the pod. We talk about Homefield again because their

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in the podcast machine to talk about a couple of things concerning the Notre Dame Fighting Irish - so it shouldn't take too long. In this episode: The Little League experience REVIEWS! Pick one song. ONE. We approach the topic of normalization. What should Notre Dame fans start to normalize? The "normal" discussion goes off into about 20 different branches, but this remains a Cincinnati Adjacent Podcast. Does the press box experience alter your Notre Dame perception? College football realignment. What schools could (and should) go Independent? Planning Joshua's funeral is a thing now. And so much more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back again to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. There's still a fair amount of news rolling in that must be discussed before we start breaking out some themed pods, so in this episode... We get right into Dillan Gibbons and his decision to transfer to Florida State. REVIEWS! The Jordan Johnson situation. The wide receiver room and what we don't know won't kill us. Revisiting the top WR's that came to Notre Dame over the last 16 years. The Holden Staes commitment. Arch Manning's empire awaits. The Cincinnati Adjacent Podcast runs into a talent gap, and the wrong narrative. Notre Dame and the rankings - not that it matters, but it does. We're not even supposed to be here. The Miami Hurricanes are going to do it again in Pittsburgh. Top 5 Power 5 Mascots/Names. Randy Moss VS Tommie Frazier. Random stuff to close it out. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan put a bow on what was an amazingly busy weekend in the world of sports - and for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program in particular. In this episode: Critiquing the Peacock. The future of Notre Dame football broadcasts - like is this thing happening on USA ever again? Was the Blue-Gold game entertaining? The future at quarterback with Jack Coan. Another future at quarterback with Tyler Buchner. Players, targets, and offensive playcalling. Jordan Botelho is a super villain, and we're so happy that he's ours. Don't overreact to spring, and don't underreact either. The front seven and its many moving parts. Jude found a second Junior Jabbie. We start rolling down the 2021 schedule just to prove our point. Is 9 wins the floor for this team? Running back through the NFL Draft. A little recruiting talk. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish had a great day 2 of the NFL Draft with 5 players selected in the first 100 picks overall. They also produced an insane stat via their offensive linemen - so let's talk about it for a minute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quick (and short) reaction to the first round of the NFL Draft. A first round that did NOT have Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah selected - or Liam Eichenberg for that matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan storm the podcast beach with their totally excellent microphone surfboards, for some quality time - to talk to you about the big weekend coming up for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode: Battling NFL people about college players. The list guy must be stopped. The greatness of Eastern Michigan's uniforms. Trashing mock drafts because that's what you do with garbage. Speaking of trash... we sneak in some fashion, fashion talk to dunk all over the 2021 THE SHIRT. Top 5 NFL careers that come out of this Notre Dame draft class. THERE ARE 7 ROUNDS MAN! The spring game is going to be a real game - or the illusion of a real game. iPad repairs. Actually looking forward to the spring game. How about BOMBS AWAY for the spring game? Notre Dame Baseball is HOT FIRE. A Brandon Hoyte update. Church talk. The Prince thinks dad is going to bean him. And much, much more throughout the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are here to defend the Island of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish against relentless attack. More importantly - and much more true - we are here to answer all of the questions in our mailbag. In this episode: Jude ate a cookie. SHOTS! SHOTS!! SHOTS!!! The highness of Kyle Hamilton. Ultimate Notre Dame Fighter... coaches edition. Surprises for 2021. Paint colors. Notre Dame quarterbacks as Notre Dame quarterbacks. Where do your football loyalties lie - or die? A frozen drunk. Dating advice from 3 married dads. Notre Dame football in a super conference. Jude pisses on frozen pizzas. Who's the next Julian Love Earned 5-Star? More takes on Brady Quinn to divide a nation. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on the pod machine to give you an episode worthy of a long day mowing the yard as a fan of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode... Greetings The Notre Dame practice clips. A very heavy talk about MTV's Unplugged. Some random conversation about spring football. Offensive line talk. The weakness of Steve Sarkisian. ESPN's first FPI rankings are out and we take the bait so we can trash them all. Notre Dame and North Carolina as a top 3 matchup. Boston College flips to New Balance and we are here for it. Top 5 things to do in a white pair of New Balance shoes. Uniform talk - just think about NHL colors/logos as college football uniforms for a minute. And much, much more. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua and Brendan sat down on a wonderful spring night to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and since Jude was unavailable, we brought our good friend Greg Flammang back onto the show (@greg2126). In this episode: The true origin story of vanilla and DAMMIT... go figure. REVIEWS! Would the 2012 Notre Dame team have beaten the 2021 Ohio State Buckeyes? This ain't Brady Quinn hate. John Hughes and living in fan faction. We have arrived at an airport. We are trusting the process at offensive line. There are many options at wide receiver, but we know Avery Davis is now THE man. The Michael Mayer cult is up and running. The love for Kyren Williams and Chris Tyree is real and it's beautiful. Where's Drew White? Big bodies on the defensive line. Finding a good partner for Kyle Hamilton is also finding a good partner for the nickel package. Our cornerback concerns are mapped out, and the key to it all is probably Mike Mickens. We circled back to some quarterback hot takes because absolutely.

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan turned the pod machine back on and they are determined to save your soul from normal spring football coverage of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In this episode... We legit talk about weather and hiking because we are old ass dads. Notre Dame has sent us 6 whole minutes of practice footage and we're here to talk about it. The most underrated - and least talked about - part of the Irish offensive line situation. Jude tries to out Josh Joshua about Drew Pyne. We're loving Braden Lenzy's energy right now. Larry Keys is in the house. Justin Walters making a splash and we're here for it. Notre Dame's pro day is here. We talk a lot of trash about OTHER pro days that may or may not have happened. Who needs this pro day? The most disrespected Notre Dame football players from the last 20 years - it literally came up out of nowhere and we ran with it. The Top 5 teen movies of all-time. Rehashing the 2007 recruiting class. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE

On this Off The Rails episode, Joshua decides to make a tradition. Before spring football last year (or what we had of it) he did a "big-little" preview for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. What it actually ended up being was a listing of names. To be honest - it sounds sillier than it actually is, and some people quite enjoyed its simplicity. One of those people was Brendan, and as a promise to him - here's another episode. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back on the podcast machine to not only talk about the national championship hopes of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but everyone else as well. In this episode: A twisted tale of booze. Forget Will Shipley, because Audric Estime is your new god. Excited about Notre Dame baseball and Notre Dame hockey. Struggles of the corned beef. Reviews! Fumbled our way through some positional differences. Moist - it's not a word everyone enjoys. One stat that proves Alabama absolutely owns college football. A theory about Notre Dame's next national championship. Who else can win a national championship over the next decade? Jude doesn't entertain Josh's Georgia jokes. Does the Pac-12 even have a chance? The CFB playoff and expansion. That first round playoff game up north is a chef's kiss moment. Top 5 Disney princesses and top 5 Disney princess movies. An update on Brandon Hoyte. And plenty more weaved in and out of the show. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple